The Straits Times, 11 February 1997

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    14 1 The Straits Times Estd. 1845 TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1997 60 CENTS MITA (P) 027/12/96
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  • Article
    S'pore to get boost from US, Europe growth
    359 1 Malaysians are moving upwards economically and socially. In several sectors, they are drawing abreast of Singaporeans. But it is better that our neighbours are competing to do better than us, than if they were not making high growth. Imagine our problems if
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    SM: Outlook for '97 more promising than last year
    717 1  -  Chua Lee Hoong Radical change from 1996's Taiwan Strait, Sino-US tensions By SENIOR Minister Lee Kuan Yew last night gave an upbeat prognosis on the state of the world and Asia m the coming year. Describing the outlook as more promising
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    Lock icon FINAL COUNTDOWN
    195 1 Even at the eleventh hour, people streamed into the Singapore Art Museum at Bras Basah Road yesterday to see the Guggenheim exhibition. At 4 pm, an hour before the last ticket would be sold, crowds thronged the narrow rooms on the last day of the four-month-long exhibition. Adults
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    Lock icon Dog's brake worse than bite
    144 1 WASHINGTON A police car with a dog at the wheel knocked down a suspected bus hijacker m San Diego at the end of a high-speed chase through the city, according to a CBS radio report. The drama last Friday unfolded under the gaze of hundreds
    Reuter  -  144 words
  • Article
    NTUC Income may parallel import cars
    564 1  -  Leong Chan Teik By I NTUC Income is looking into parallel importing cars to compete with authorised agents by selling them cheaper to the public, said its chief executive officer, Mr Tan Kin Lian. Income, a major car, life and general insurer, has been
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  • NEWS FOCUS
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      Lock icon Netanyahu, Arafat agree to begin more peace discussions
      519 2 1 think this is a promising continuation of the Hebron agreement and we are continuing m a spirit of cooperation. We discussed our outstanding concerns and our mutual obligations and we agreed upon a mechanism for dealing with them.' Israel leader Benjamin
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      Lock icon Japan's current account surplus shrinks yet again
      307 2 TOKYO Japan's December current account surplus shrank for the 28th time m the last 30 months as Japanese travellers continued to spend cash overseas and import prices rose with the strong dollar, the government said. The current account measures the total value of
      Bloomberg; Reuter  -  307 words
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      Lock icon Migrant places running out, Australia warns
      183 2 CANBERRA Australia warned yesterday that it would run out of places for immigrants m several key categories within the next few months. "The number of visas available m some immigration categories will be reached m a matter of weeks," Immigration Minister Philip Ruddock said
      Reuter  -  183 words
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      Lock icon S'pore ministers call on Sultan
      165 2 COMMUNICATIONS Minister Mah Bow Tan and Education Minister Teo Chee Hean paid a Hari Raya visit to Johor Sultan Mahmood Iskandar at his residence m Johor Bahru yesterday. They arrived by car, with their wives, at Istana Bukit Serene at about noon. There, they met
      JEROME MING  -  165 words
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      Handover won't upset economy
      388 3 THERE will be no economic upsets for Hongkong after its return to China m July, said Mr Lee Kuan Yew yesterday. The Senior Minister said the island would do well if China did well economically, as he believed it would. Speaking at a Lunar New Year
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      Lock icon More help needed to nurse the old
      370 3 SINGAPORE will have to do more to help older people who need nursing and other medical help, Mr Lee Kuan Yew said yesterday. In his speech at a Lunar New Year and Hari Raya dinner, he said more old people would need nursing
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      Traffic mishaps leave two dead and two shaken
      394 3  -  Jasbir Singh By A SCHOOLBOY who bought his motorcycle only a few months ago died m an accident early yesterday, after a night at the movies with his best mend. Jeffrey Wong, 17, a Secondary 5 student of Riverside Secondary, was one
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      S'porean couple drown in Perak
      249 3  -  Ho Wah Foon By m Kuala Lumpur A SINGAPOREAN couple were among five people who drowned when the boats they were m capsized m waters off Pantai Remis, a fishing village m the west of Perak state. The body of Madam Tan Pek Heok, 35,
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      149 2 CAN QUIT FOR RAMADAN YOU CAN QUIT FOR LIFE! To everyone who stopped smoking Remember to avoid situations or during Ramadan well done! But friends who may tempt you to now the challenge is to remain smoke. And even if you do give m and smoke-free. You might be tempted
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  • WORLD
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      Israel 'to build islands to ease crowding'
      487 4 40 man-made isles from Lebanon to Gaza aimed at providing homes for 800,000: Report TEL AVIV Israel is being driven into the sea. A scheme to house the growing population on man-made islands with luxurious flats connected by lifts to the beach is
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      US murder case to be TV show even before trial begins
      388 4 WASHINGTON Americans' enthusiasm for true-life murder mysteries takes a controversial turn this week when a national network broadcasts a dramatised version of a case that has not yet gone to trial. It is believed to be the first time
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      Lock icon Snow dragon
      32 4 picture. A DRAGON sledge and its masked occupants racing down the slope at the an alpine pasture on Sunday as part of traditional alpine carnival celebrations m Bavaria, Germany. AFP
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      Ailing Syrian President 'laying the ground for his succession'
      430 4 DAMASCUS Syrian President Hafez AlAssad, who reportedly fell into a two-week coma late last year, is preparing the ground for his succession, according to a newspaper report. Presidential spokesman Gubran Kurieh, meanwhile, dismissed rumours about his health as "malicious lies aimed
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      Lock icon Sikh-Hindu alliance sweeps to power in Punjab
      454 5 Total: 117 Sikh Akali Dal: 74 seats Bharatiya Janata Party: 18 seats Congress: 14 seats Others: 11 seats NEW DELHI A Sikh-Hindu alliance yesterday swept to power m the Indian state of Punjab m the first free elections following a decade of Sikh
      AFP; Reuter  -  454 words
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      Lock icon Casinos 'too corrupt' for India's erotic temple town
      134 5 NEW DELHI An Indian state has put off plans to build casinos m a town famous for its erotic art following mass protests, accbrding to a report here yesterday. The government of Madhya Pradesh state was considering opening the. casinos m Khajuraho,
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    • WORLD FILE
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        Lock icon LETHAL FUMES
        67 5 More than 100 members of a church congregation at Ville-sur-Lumes m northern France were left choking after the church's heating system failed, giving off potentially-lethal carbon-monoxide fumes. Most of the 108 members of the congregation were discharged from hospital on Saturday following the incident, which happened during a
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        Lock icon BERLIN BLAST
        47 5 Five children were injured on Sunday, two seriously, by a grenade which exploded m the centre of Berlin. Police and firefighters were not sure of the grenade's origins but did not rule out the possibility that it could have dated from World War ll.— AFP
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        Lock icon NEW CAMERAS
        59 5 US astronauts are scheduled to replace the Hubble Space Telescope's cameras with more powerful ones when they head for space aboard the space shuttle Discovery today. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration said that the astronauts would spend 25 hours over four days walking m space to complete
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        Lock icon ANCIENT TREE
        40 5 Age m the end felled a 262-year-old cashew tree m western Cuba, the weekly communist youth publication Rebel Youth reported on Sunday. The 26-m-tall and 1.65-m-wide tree was rooted m the sheer rock face of a hill.- AFP
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        Lock icon PENSION CLAIM
        57 5 A group of ailing workers who cleaned up after the world's worst nuclear accident at Chernobyl m Ukraine have obtained 11 months' worth of pensions after a hunger strike. The workers have suffered serious health problems since they fought with minimal protection against deadly radiation to limit the
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      Lock icon Anti-immigration party wins control in French suburb
      467 5 PARIS The anti-immigrant National Front party has inflicted a stinging defeat on French government and opposition parties by winning control of a municipal council m Marseilles. The victory, which ousted a Socialist mayor who has been accused of corruption, reverberated across France on
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      Lock icon India must create 75m jobs by 2000
      186 6 BOMBAY India must create 75.2 million jobs to meet its target of creating full employment by 2000, the country's central bank said m an economic report released here yesterday. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) said latest data indicated the target would not
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      Lock icon Asean and EU should avoid divisive issues, says Jayakumar
      558 6 'Asean-EU relations are definitely maturing and we should concentrate our activities on the things that bind us, instead of those which divide us.' Prof Jayakumar. SINGAPORE'S Foreign Minister S. Jayakumar said yesterday that Asean and the European Union (EU) should avoid
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    • PEOPLE
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        Lock icon Moore for 'worst actress' award
        171 6 She and Whoopi Goldberg top nominees for spoof Oscars LOS ANGELES Actresses Demi Moore (above) and Whoopie Goldberg yesterday had the dubious distinction of being nominated more than once for bad acting when the annual Golden Raspberry awards were announced. Moore was named for her
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        Thai officials agree to fight
        122 6 BANGKOK— Thai Deputy Labour Minister Poonsawat Moonlasartsathorn and Deputy House Speaker Sophon Phetsawang will be fighting each other for a good cause. The two will meet m a charity boxing match m April, according to a report m The Nation newspaper. Both were once professional
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        Lock icon Elton to sing at HK handover
        107 6 HONGKONG British pop legend Elton John (above) will ring out the changes m Hongkong m June, performing two concerts to mark the colony's historic handover to China. "He is coming to Hongkong on the last weekend of the handover," said Mr Peter Randall, head
        Reuter  -  107 words
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        Meanwhile...
        144 6 Meanwhile DEBT-FREE: The Duchess of York, who has written books and signed up with a number of lucrative promotional deals m the United States, has cleared her £4 million (SsB.3 million) debt, The Sun tabloid reported. TOP HONOUR: French President Jacques Chirac has conferred France's highest decoration on the late
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      Lock icon RUSSIAN PUPPETS
      55 7 picture. Popular Kukly (Puppets) satirical television-show puppets portraying Russian President Boris Yeltsin (left) and former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev m front of a statue of communist leader Vladimir Lenin m a Moscow park on Saturday. The show has made the most out of Mr Yeltsin's illness m recent
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      Lock icon Whitewater partner implicates Clinton
      301 7 WASHINGTON In a bid to avoid prison, President Bill Clinton's former Whitewater business partner has changed his story and told prosecutors that Mr Clinton attended a 1986 meeting m which an illegal loan was discussed, according to the New Yorker magazine. James McDougal, Mr Clinton's former
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      Lock icon Commercial use of spy satellites set for launch
      599 7 High-tech nations' monopoly on space espionage to end WASHINGTON Commercial spy satellites are about to let anyone with a credit card peer down from the heavens into the compounds of dictators or the backyards of neighbours with high fences. The first satellite
      NYT  -  599 words
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      Lock icon US and Japanese firms partners in space venture
      149 7 WASHINGTON In the vanguard of the new industry is Earthwatch. With about 200 employees, it is building two satellites with 3-m resolution, and two with 1-m resolution. The visual power of spy craft is usually expressed as the length, m metres, of
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  • Page 7 Miscellaneous
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  • EAST ASIA
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      Lock icon No assurance from Tung over fate of Hongkong's local councils
      488 8 < HONGKONG Hongkong's future leader Tung Chee Hwa yesterday left the fate of elected local councillors m doubt after failing to guarantee their seats under Chinese rule. Elected members of the Urban Council, Regional Council and district boards, >. which
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      Lock icon HK chief'placed among China's elite ranks'
      275 8 HK chief 'placed among China's elite ranks' HONGKONG Chief Execu-tive-designate Tung Chee Hwa has been included officially m the elite ranks of China's highest leaders, according to a Hongkong newspaper. The Hongkong Standard yesterday said that Mr Tung, who will succeed British Governor Chris Patten when Britain pulls out on
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      Lock icon 10 dead, 100 hurt in ethnic riots in Xinjiang town
      523 8 HONGKONG The worst riots since the communist revolution of 1949 m the town of Yining m China's north-west Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region left at least 10 people dead and more than 100 others injured, Ming Pao Daily News reported yesterday.
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    • EAST ASIAFILE
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        Lock icon BAMBOO RAFT ACROSS PACIFIC
        107 8 A man from eastern coastal China is planning to become the first person to cross the Pacific Ocean on a bamboo raft, it was reported yesterday m Hongkong. Mr Xv Z jyang, 42, a resident of Wuxi city, will start his record crospjgg next month on
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        Lock icon U.S. SORRY
        71 8 The United States apologised yesterday for firing 1,520 dv lie ts containing depleted uranium mistakenly during a military exercise on a southern Japanese island near Okinawa m late 1995 and early last year. The Pentagon notified Tokyo about the incident only m the middle of last month, but
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        Lock icon SAFETY STEPS
        59 8 Hongkong's Transport Department yesterday announced that it would introduce tougher safety controls following an accident m which a British tourist was killed at a Chinese New Year parade last Friday The measwes would include drawing up guidelines for parade organisers to floats and vehicles, and setting up inspection
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        Lock icon NEW PORTRAIT
        68 8 The Chinese authorities m Tibet have introduced with great fanfare an official portrait of the Beijing-picked Panchen Lama, m what is seen as an attempt to smooth over gaps created by a ban on pictures of the Dalai Lama. A Jan 30 issue of the Tibet Daily seen
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        Lock icon NEW ENVOY
        72 8 China will send Mr Ma Zhengang, current deputy director of the State Council's Office of Foreign Affairs, to replace Mr Jiang Enzhu as ambassador to Britain, according to Hongkong's Oriental Daily News yesterday. The British-educated Ma is expected to arrive m London before the end of this month,
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        Lock icon CLEAN-UP
        77 8 China is aiming to clean up its polluted rural water supplies before the turn of the century by building millions of latrines across the countryside, according to the China Daily yesterday. Mr Liv Yuliang, director of the national committee for patriotic-health campaign said that only 8 per cent of
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      Lock icon Emperor's rites
      55 8 picture. AN "EMPEROR" (right) walking past axe-carrying guards during a re-enactment of sacrificial rites performed by the emperor at Beijing's Temple of the Earth yesterday. The sacrifice, intended to bring about good harvest, is re-enacted during the Chinese Spring Festival, part of New Year celebrations which began across
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      Lock icon 3 politicians summoned over Hanbo loans scandal
      424 8 SEOUL Prosecutors summoned three politicians, including a close associate of President Kirn Young Sam, for questioning yesterday over huge loans to the failed Hanbo Steel Co, a prosecution official said. Widening their probe into a loan scandal which has shocked the country and
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      Lock icon Lending machines blamed for bankruptcies
      280 8 TOKYO Automated money-lending machines, the latest invention of Japanese consumer credit companies to woo borrowers, have come under fire for contributing to growing number of bankruptcies m the country. "When we asked bankrupt individuals if they had taken loans using the machines, most of them
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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      Lock icon Thailand's Fat Queen and her weighty runner-up
      177 9 LAMAI Butrtaeng (left) and first runner-up Pranom Thai Pradit of the Fat Queen contest, popularly referred to as Giants' Daughters contest, waving to the crowd after the annual pageant held on Friday m the southern Thai province of Petchaburi. The pageant is open
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      Philippines downplays court's ruling over hotel sale
      445 9  -  Nirmal Ghosh Country not hostile to investors, says Ramos By Philippines Correspondent 1 hope, therefore, that Malaysia as a whole, the government as well as the business sector, look at the totality of the Philippines as an attractive, friendly, hospitable investment destination/ President
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      Lock icon 4 face subversion charges over Java riots
      246 9 JAKARTA Four men are facing subversion charges following an ethnic and religious riot m Tasikmalaya m West Java province last last year, the official Antara news agency reported yesterday. It quoted Mr M. Adenan, head of the West Java prosecutor's office, as saying
      Reuter  -  246 words
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      Manila debate over foreign troops stalls joint exercises
      425 9  -  Nirmal Ghosh By Philippines Correspondent MANILA Fearful of the domestic uproar that an Okina-wa-type incident may cause, Philippine lawmakers are locked m a debate over Manila's jurisdiction over foreign troops on Philippine territory which has effectively stalled all joint military exercises for
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    • REGIONALFILE
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        Lock icon BUS TRAGEDY
        55 9 Twenty people died and 28 were injured when a bus crashea into a ravine near a West Java town m Indonesia over the weekend. The bus hit a clump of bamboo trees at a sharp turn then plunged into a ravine near Garut on Sunday. Police believe brake
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        Lock icon TENSE SEAS
        61 9 Tensions between Cambodia's two ruling political parties have spilled onto the high seas. Since late December, there have been at least three incidents m the Gulf of Thailand m which vessels have been fired on or stopped by Cambodian naval vessels with crews loyal to either the royalist
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        Lock icon DEATH PENALTY
        42 9 A Taiwanese was sentenced to death m the northern Philippine town of San Fernando yesterday for illegal possession of drugs. Chua Ho San, 52, was arrested m March 1995 for possessing 29 kg of the banned stimulant, metamphetamine hydrochloride.- AFP
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      • Article
        Lock icon STRATEGY BODY
        53 9 Vietnam's Industry Ministry has set up a body to work out strategies for the country's industrial development into the next century. The main task of the new Institute for Industry Policy and Strategy will be to boost the portion of processed products exported while reducing the export of
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        Lock icon ANTHRAX SCARE
        53 9 The Thai authorities said yesterday that an anthrax outbreak reported last week among cattle m the northern Suan Luang district on the outskirts of Bangkok was now under control. They also ruled out newspaper reports that one man who had become infected after eating an-thrax-infected beefhad died from
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        Lock icon MANILA SAFE
        47 9 Manila airport has passed its latest security inspection by the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), which declared it unsafe two years ago. An FAA team said on Friday the airport was "able to maintain the strict access control and screening of people and luggage". AFP
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  • MALAYSIA
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      Lock icon Now this high-flyer can really take to the skies
      216 11 KUALA LUMPUR In a long career m public service, Tan Sri Ani Arope was always recognised as a high-flyer. Now, the former Tenaga Nasional executive chairman, has time to do what he always wanted as a young boy fly an aeroplane
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      Bahasa set to expand with growth of IT
      325 11  -  Brendan Pereira By m Kuala Lumpur BAHASA Malaysia will expand with the growth of information technology and serve the population's needs m the next century, said Education Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak. He said the vocabulary of the language would grow
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      Lock icon Malaysians buying more property abroad
      546 11 Three reasons why Malaysians are buying more overseas property: Increasing wealth Government encouraging Malaysians to invest overseas Businesses going global London and Sydney top the list for investment KUALA LUMPUR With rising affluence, an increasing number of Malaysians are snapping up overseas property worth millions
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      KL may make NS plan mandatory for students
      127 11 KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia's proposed national service programme may be made mandatory for students pursuing tertiary courses as well as the 400,000 secondary schoolleavers, Deputy Education Minister Datuk Dr Fong Chan Onn said. "The main thing is to have a programme to strengthen
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        53 11 The Malaysian government wants state Islamic religious councils to have control over prayers and the delivery of sermons m mosques on Hari Raya. Minister m the Prime Minister's Department Datuk Dr Abdul Hamid Othman said yesterday that control would include Hari Raya prayers beginning with Hari Raya Aidiladha
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        56 11 The number of specialist doctors m Malaysia is expected to rise once the Penang Medical College, the country's first medical college, opens m 1999. College director, Professor Datuk Dr Sharom Ahmat, said the college was expected to produce 40 graduates m 2001, 60 m the year 2003 and
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        59 11 The Johor government has given people earning between M 51,300 (Ss73o) and M 52,300 a month the go-ahead to apply for three-roomed medium low-cost houses, says Mentri Besar Datuk Abdul Ghani Othman. He said on Sunday that the State Executive Council had agreed that those qualifying could apply
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        59 11 Foreign Minister Datuk Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said that Wisma Putra would have to verify a foreign news report that a Malaysian forest engineer was kidnapped by separatists m Angola for allegedly spying for the Angolan government. The High Commission m Harare, which also covers Angola, had yet to
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        39 11 Malaysia has amended legislation on the discharge of effluent by non-licensed industries to include a maximum fine of M 52,000 (551,130). The new regulations cover all non-licensed industries such as food, beverage, textiles, chemicals and paper. NST
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      544 13  -  Ginnie Teo Physical handicap no obstacle to academic success By A WELFARE organisation's therapy programme paid off handsomely when its physically disabled children scored As m their Primary School Leaving Examination. The children did well enough m their examination last year to go to
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      240 13 Helping hand from school It's good that Alan gets his therapy at school because it's convenient for me/ Alan's mother, Madam Alice Ngaim. EVERY Monday, a physiotherapist visits Alan Ton, a Primary 3 pupflln Guang Yang Primary Sclfbol at Bishan. The nine-year-old suffers from
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      368 13 This is an occasion to celebrate. We should bring these people m to celebrate with us.' WHAT would otherwise have been a quiet Hari Raya celebration for 12 destitute residents from the Pertapis Senior Citizens Fellowship Home turned out to be a festive treat.
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        357 13 A SINGAPORE Polytechnic student, Miss Lim Hsien Hwei, needed 38 stitches on her back and face after she was beaten up by a gang of eight girls at Bugis Junction on Jan 31. Two other polytechnic students were also hurt m the incident which lasted
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        Bashed to death with bottles
        363 13 A GROUP of 10 youths beat full-time National Serviceman Goh Tee Chuan to death with broken bottles and bar stools early yesterday morning. According to the police and eyewitnesses, the 18--year-old was with friends at Happy Palace KTV Lounge drinking and singing when the fight
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      Lock icon 2 new drug finds for cancer patients
      747 16  -  Allison Lim Advances m chemotherapy research Two classes of drugs, derived from trees, may help when other drugs have failed By ADVANCES in other areas of cancer treatment have helped to combat the side-effects of chemotherapy and made it less painful for patients
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      Three injured in hit-and-run accidents
      198 16 A YOUNG motorcyclist was seriously injured m a hit-and-run accident on Feb 2. Police said that a vehicle, believed to be a blue pick-up, hit the 18-year-olds motorcycle along Upper Serangoon Road at about 1.20 am. The victim, a waiter, has serious head and leg
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      Lock icon Group gets site for child-care centre
      582 17 Hariprasad volunteers ask HDB to help build centre for poorer children A VOLUNTEER group which hopes to put child care within the reach of poorer families has been given a site for a centre in Ang Mo Kio. The group, Hariprasad Ltd, did a
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      Wild ox on display at science centre
      149 17 A SPECIES of wild ox, which used to be found here but has become extinct, is making an appearance at the Singapore Centre. An exhibit of the Seladang went on show at the centre on Thursday to mark the start of the Year
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      Woman dies in North-South Highway accident
      177 17 Woman dies in North-South Highway accident A SINGAPOREAN woman died on Sunday after a lorry rammed into the rear of her car m a hit-and-run accident along the North-South Highway ftwJohor. The [accident took place at about 12.30 pm. Madam Li Chunhong, 35, ISSJSiS^SSSX MalavlKr^SwCwfeS Xie Zhitton, 45, was driving
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      Unlimited lifetime access to Internet 'not feasible' here
      420 17  -  Tong Ming Chien By AT LEAST two companies in the US have started to offer unlimited lifetime access to the Internet for a one-time fee; but this is not feasible here, say the three Internet Access Service Providers. SingNet, Pacific Internet and
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      Lock icon 56 picked for first SMRT courtesy awards for staff
      690 18  -  Karamjit Kaur By TRAIN STAFF WITH A HEART 'As a front-line employee, I play the role of an ambassador and what I do reflects on the entire organisation.' Mr Yusof Abdullah, 40, a senior station assistant at the Paya Lebar Mass
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      Lock icon Housewife injured by drink cartons at supermarket falling on her
      267 18 Brazilian soccer player's wife hurt A BRAZILIAN housewife was injured on Thursday after several stacked cartons of canned drinks fell on her. As a result, Mrs Celeste Goncalves, 26, needed about eight stitches on her right shin. She also had
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      Lock icon Families soak in festive spirit at River Hongbao
      252 19 Families soak in festive spirit at River Hongbao IT WAS the fourth day of Chinese New Year and families, with grandparents, in-laws and children m tow, crowded Marina Promenade yesterday to soak m the festive spirit at the River Hongbao, the annual Chinese New Year festival. Families posed for photographs
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      Carnival's focus on Shandong to enhance ties
      268 19 Carnival's focus on Shandong to enhance ties THE purpose of highlighting China's Shandong province m this year's River Hongbao was to increase public awareness and encourage Singaporeans to travel there, said Senior Parliamentary Secretary (Trade Industry) Tang Guan Seng. He said that the fair at Marina Promenade, featuring Shandong food,
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      No truth to rumours of drug-laced tattoos
      462 19  - No truth to rumours of drug-laced tattoos Chang Ai-Lien US drug enforcement body says matter is a hoax By *I thought it was quite incredulous that dealers would try to target such drugs at young children, so I wasn't worried/ Housewife Debbie Tan. WARNINGS on the Internet, letters and faxes
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  • COMMENT/ANALYSIS
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        Atone for crime through service
        666 20 IN PIONEERING a new trail m constructive justice, Singapore's Juvenile Court may also have set a precedent for the world. Time was when British law courts would deport a young boy or girl to a penal settlement thousands of miTes away For a minor transgression.
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      QUOTES
      69 20 "My body may be stuck in this chair but with the Internet my mind can go to the end of the universe." —Physicist Stephen Hawking in an advertisement/or modem-maker US Robotics. "I can't believe we have been annoying people this long." Mat t Groening, creator of The Simpsons which
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      China buys new warships; raises concerns about security in region
      1152 20  -  Gary Klintworth By China is, of course, trying hard to be a part of the status quo m the Asia-Pacific region and it is actively engaged m good-neighbour diplomacy, especially m South-east Asia. It also professes support for the principle
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      Lock icon Political choices need to be made about income and wealth
      606 20  -  Jean-Paul Fitoussi By WHEN Europeans and Americans take stock of one another from their respective sides of the Atlantic, the results are predictable: caricatures, prejudice and mutual misunderstandings. Americans look at France and see the last refuge of socialism. The
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      711 21  - 3 out of 4 homicides of children occur in the US Judith Havemann By The Washington Post Slightly less than half of all American households own firearms, many of them handguns, and many are kept loaded. American society has high levels of violence m general and when that is combined
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      Lock icon Wartime history haunts older Swiss
      1177 21  -  Alan Cowell US politicians, Jewish organisations forcing country to re-assess its role m WWII By New York limes It is not Jews who are our enemy. It is not Americans who are our enemy. It is the way we look at our own history that
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      55 20 The University of Queensland Enrol Now! sth Intake Commencing 21st February 1997 Top rate university Flexible modular system Highly recognised qualifications Attractive course fee of 1 6,700 Entry possible with or without first degree Over 30 students already enrolled 250 Middle Road top ranking masters degrees Singapore 1 ***** *r
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      572 21 University of South Australia UNIVERSITY OF SURREY, UK Surrey is an internationally-recognised British university WigU authorised to award degrees by the Royal Charter. R|V [1 jft A iKflk V Ist Intake May 1997 |fe#- 11th Intake April 1997 f 4^^^A mJm Hhl MM H^B Advanced level Bachelor of Designed to
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      Shame car vandals publicly as deterrent
      343 23 BLSPITE of wide publicity fen to cases of car vandals Bght fn the act, it would rerri thft it has no deterrent ■ct ore would-be vandals. ■The must come down Wd on those caught vandalAg cafcs. The punishment Hed out must be commenPate with
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      Prosperity is not proof of democracy
      616 23 Our prosperity, then, may be argued to be the result of: The operation of democracy and the quality of our elected government. Our prosperity is the result, not the proof, of our democracy. But eiiffuring it is part of the responsibility of a good
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      Doubtful if awards can inspire genuine graciousness
      203 23 Doubtful if awards can inspire genuine graciousness lEFER to the article "It t to be kind if you are m >ndarylor2"(ST,Feb4). t is sad that our society become so pathetic that it {gives awards to teenagto promote kindness. "hese awards will without bt spur students to carry bets of kindness,
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      Too much subsidy for carpark lots for disabled
      185 23 I WOULD like to offer another point of view on the issue of carpark lots reserved for the disabled. Many letter-writers have been quick to fault drivers who park m lots meant for the handicapped. I estimate that the Government has to
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      Govt can buy private flats and sell them as executive condo flats
      125 23 I REFER to your report on the large number of applicants for the Simei Green executive condominium (ST,Feb4). As the number of units available cannot meet the demand, I have a suggestion. Private developers are having difficulties selling
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      Tigers want Indonesian star striker Kurniawan
      381 24  -  Joe Dorai Balestier hoping skilful attacker will draw m the fans SOCCER by BALESTIER CENTRAL is making a strong bid for Indonesia's top striker Kurmawan Yulianto. The Tigers are hoping that the 21-year-old will help lure Singapore-based Indonesians to their S-League matches. Kurniawan will
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      D-Day for Sembawang's foreign trialists
      280 24  -  S. Murali By NIGERIAN midfielder Adung Edwards and Colombian striker Franklin Cabeza will find out today whether they will be signed by Sembawang Rangers. Both players have impressed m recent friendlies but the arrival of two more trialists from Senegal and Holland has given the
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      Lock icon Moya gives Spain unbeatable 3-1 lead
      270 24 DAVIS CUP TENNIS MALLORCA (Spain) Australian Open finalist Carlos Moya cruised to a straightsets victory over Hendrik Dreekman on Sunday to give Spain an unbeatable 3-1 lead over Germany m their Davis Cup World 1 Group first-round match. He broke Dreekman's serve m the
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      Lock icon Toshack leaves Deportivo
      228 24 SPANISH LEAGUE MADRID John Toshack brought the curtain down on what lie himself has described as "a living nightmare" late on Sunday by deciding to quit as manager of Spanish First Division club Deportivo Coruna. The 47-year-old former Wales and Liverpool striker made his move after his
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      Lock icon Gough's bowling helps England beat NZ
      301 24 Gough's bowling helps England beat NZ CRICKET WELLINGTON Fast medium bowler Darren Gough spearheaded England's victory over New Zealand m the Second cricket Test here yesterday when the visitor won by an innings and 68 runs. New Zealand was bowled out for 191 m its second innings, about 30 minutes
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      Lock icon Vijay owes win to putter and borrowed driver
      375 24 GOLF JOHANNESBURG Fiji's Vijay Singh posted a 69 for a thrilling single-shot win over Nick Price of Zimbabwe m the final round of the U*****,000 ($1.04 million) South African Open on Sunday. Vijay, who had an 18-under-par aggregate of 270, was quick
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        Fifa wants to change rules
        140 24 FIFA plans to limit the time goalkeepers have to get the ball back into play but make it legal for them to move on the line before a penalty. Fifa general secretary Sepp Blatter said m Bonn yesterday that soccer's worjd governing body would discuss
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        Big crowd expected
        106 24 ORGANISERS of this week's Australian Masters m Melbourne are expecting eight times the normal crowd for the appearance of golf superstar Tiger Woods. He was due to arrive yesterday from Bangkok where he won the Asian Honda Classic by 10 shots on Sunday. Crowds at the Australian
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      SCORES AND STATISTICS
      1000 24 ATHLETICS Dortmund meeting Men's 60m: 1 Raymond Stewart (Jam) 6.55sec 2 Robert Esmie (Can) 6.57 3 Eric Nkansah (Gha) 6.61. 60m hurdles: 1 Frank Busemann (Ger) 6.52 2 Steve Brown (US) 7.60 3 Falk Balzer (Ger) 7.73. 800m: 1 Gideon Chirchir (Ken) 1:46.55 2 Marc Eplinius (Ger)
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      Lock icon Woman streaker unable to halt Davis' hot streak
      342 24 SNOOKER LONDON Not even a woman streaker was able to overshadow a remarkable performance by snooker veteran Steve Davis at the weekend as he revived a career many thought was ending by winning the Benson and Hedges Masters. Davis, who won the
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      Lock icon Rice, Jordan rewrite a little history
      516 24 NBA BASKETBALL CLEVELAND (Ohio) Watched by the greatest players m National Basketball Association history, Glen Rice and Michael Jordan wrote a little history themselves m the Eastern Conference's 132-120 victory over the West at the 47th annual All-Star Game on Sunday. Rice, the Most
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      44 24 i/MJ Group 1 Prize $369,994 Group 2 Prize $171,868 Results of Draw No. 1163/97 Mon, 10 February 1997 05 10 15 19 31 39 Add. No. I 36 Call 1800-*****11 (toll-free) after 9.15 am for Oraw Results, Number of Winning Entries Prize Estimates Mcurae
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      Lock icon Pankratov breaks another record
      413 25 SWIMMING PARIS Denis Pankratov, denied two world swimming records m Paris last year because of a dope test blunder, set two more m two days at this year's edition of the same short-course World Cup meeting over the weekend and warned that others could follow soon.
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      Lock icon Golden couple Susanti, Kusuma wed
      159 25 BADMINTON JAKARTA After nearly 10 years m love, Indonesia's top woman shuttler Susi Susanti married her 1992 Barcelona Olympics fellow gold-medallist Alan Budi Kusuma here on Sunday. The Indonesian "golden couple" took their vows of matrimony before Pastor Alfons Setia Gunawwan m a ceremony at
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      YESTERDAY'S SELANGOR TURF CLUB STIPES' REPORT
      1177 25 RACE 1: Mighty Warrior was slow to begin. Dazzling Scholar reared at the start. In the early stages, The Tycoon laid m. Approaching the 600 m, Surplus, who was racing tight on the inside of Golden Imperial, who had commenced to give ground and
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  • OBITUARIES
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      454 25 850 Deaths 850 Deaths CHEN FAN JAN Age: 91 years passed away peacefully on Monday 10th February 1997 leaving behind loved ones. (Wife: Wong Sin Cheen deceased) S ons: Daughters-in-law: (Chen Kon Pui, David Chung Yoke Eng deceased) Lim Ah L a n Chen Kon Kue, Edward Koh May Lin,
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      850 Deaths 850 Deaths
      348 25 850 Deaths 850 Deaths LIAU LEE PING MARY Age: 76 was called home to be with the Lord on 10 Feb 1997. (Husband: Lai Sheng Joseph, deceased) Sons: Daughters-in-law: Lai Chai Luan Andrew Margaret Virabhak Lai Kin Se John Judith Haarsma Lai Chia Foo Peter (Paul) Daughters: Sons-in-law: Lai Chien
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      850 Deaths 850 Deaths
      108 25 850 Deaths 850 Deaths NG PECK HAR Age: 80 passed away peacefully on 9.2.1997. Sadly missed by: Husband: Hor Chim Or Son: Daughter-in-law: Hor Khim Thye Jean, Ho Wan Wah Daughters: Son-in-law: Hor Cheng Patty, Hor Pheng Andy, Chan Choon Kit Nancy, Hor Khoon God-daughter: Godson-in-law: Jenny, Quek Meng Choo
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      852 Acknowledgements 852 Acknowledgements
      43 25 852 Acknowledgements 852 Acknowledgements The Family of the Late HENG CHOO WHAY Departed on 6/2/97 wishes to express their heartfelt thanks and appreciation to all relatives, colleagues, friends and neighbours for their kind assistance, attendance, condolences, donations and wreaths during their recent bereavement.
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      850 Deaths
      51 25 YONG KEE Age: 65 passed away peacefully on 4/2/97. Body lying at SGH mortuary No. 5. Cremation on 12/2/97 at Mount Vernon. Tel: *****64 More death notices m the Classified Section on Page 12 Tan Soon Tieng, age 83 Boey Kok Puay, age 51 Mayandi s/o Kuruppiah. age
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      854 Condolences
      40 25 With deepest sympathy to the family of JOHN (VALENS) LIM KHEOK HENG who was called home to be with the LORD on 10 Feb 1997. from piembers of First Evangelical Reformed Church and Covenant Evangelical Reformed Church "|c
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      90 25 An unbelievable fellow with a good testimony of degrees and works behind him, a good nature and a gSv^fS^^^^ good attitude towards life. mi Although he wasn't perfect just as life was not perfect for him, he left In Memoriam r L i j us a sense oj nope and
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  • RACING
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      Double for Powell, treble for Gundry
      562 26  -  Malcolm Bastians XL ROUND-UP •fiyl THE expatriates ushered m the Year of the Ox m grand style at Kuala Lumpur yesterday, with Australians Dennis Gundry and John Powell riding winners m more than half of the nine races on the card. Australian trainer Trevor
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      YESTERDAY'S KUALA LUMPUR RACE RESULTS
      879 26 RACE 1 RES TERMS 1 ,400 m 12 LOVE CRUSADERS 55 (8-6) Gundry (1) 1 1 1 2 EVERGREEN LAUREL 57 (29-8) Saimee (10) 6 7 2 8i THE TYCOON 57 (21 -7) Suhalmi (4) 4 2 3 Others m finishing order: Young N Foolish
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      TODAY'S KUALA LUMPUR RACE GUIDE
      2451 26 GOING FORECAST: GOOD TO YIELDING I |2 1 Class 3 1,200m (SC) Ratings: 69-52 Stakes $26,000 1 8-5- Iron-Ore 1 (4nzg V Chong-Kuala Serdang) KCNg 57 2 --1 King Lover 3 (3ag K Leong-Highland) Gundry 56.5 3" 4-1 885 Prince Amirul 4 (5nzg Baertschiger-lsland King)
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      TIMESPORT SELECTIONS
      305 26 TANTHEAN DANNY MALCOLM MARC TAN LOON KHOO BASTIANS 1 1ron-Ore 2 King Lover 2 King Lover 2 King Lover 1 2 King Lover 1 Iron-Ore 1 Iron-Ore 6 S. Star 6 S. Star 6 S. Star 3 Prince Amirul 1 Iron-Ore 5 Rates 9 Samarkand 5 Rates 10
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      Saturday's Penang weights/ratings
      245 26 Class2Div1 1200m (Ratings: 89-71) Man of Mars III 57 JiwaJiwa 56 Morning Sun II 55.5 San Jacinto 53.5 Casino Raider 53 Fantastic IV 52.5 AirMarshalV 51 VanDerWijk 51 Legal Aspect 50 Drawing 49.5 LordHugo 49.5 NagaMas 48.5 Zeditave Special 48 C2D2 1400m (8&-70) ComeOnBenoi 57 VitalityStar 56
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      660 27  -  Sim Wai Chew By FRESH from a ground-break-ing US$45O million (***** million) deal to lease 10 Airbus aircraft to Vietnam Airlines, Singapore-based Aerostar Leasing is also eyeing markets m Myanmar, Cambodia, Laos, Nepal and Mongolia. Disclosing this m an interView, the aircraft leasing
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      531 27 We are not just driven by cost savings. It's also a matter of improving our customer service and hopefully improving our revenue stream/ -Mr lan Gay (left). BRITISH Airways (BA) and Australian airline Qantas expect to enjoy this year the fruits of their marketing and
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      190 27 BEIJING China's demand for frozen food will more than triple by 2000 as consumers follow trends m developed countries, the China Daily reported yesterday. Demand will top 2.4 million tonnes this year and surge to between 8.5 and 10 million tonnes by 2000, it
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      196 27 MANILA Philippine telecommunication firms and the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) are asking the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to allow carriers to determine a reduction m international call rates. In a paper setting out their position yesterday, the country's nine international
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      195 27 KUALA LUMPUR The Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange is seeking to link its scripless trading and settlement system with foreign depositories m a move to encourage foreign interest, a local newspaper said yesterday. "We won't embark on it until we have completed transferring warrants and
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      230 27 TOKYO The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) plans to create a mechanism to allow companies operating m foreign countries to sue the host governments when in-vestment-related disputes occur, according to a secretari-at-drafted Multilateral Agreement on Investment (MAI) made available
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      226 27 THE Philippine; Long Distance Telephone Co (PLDT), the country's largest telecommunications firm, is trimming its workforce by 10 per cent to improve productnity. It will reduce the number of employees by 1,800 to 16,473 this month through early retirement programmes. It had 18,273
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      643 28  -  Tammy Tan Sing Tel Mobile still evaluating digital technologies By Technology allows better use of scarce radio-frequency resources. Able to offer differentiated charges depending on location of call. Gives higher quality voice transmissions. Provide wider coverage without need to invest heavily in base
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      610 28  - Groei family developing $70m five-star hotel in Brisbane Kalpana Rashiwala By THE Goei family one of Singapore's leading property developers until it diversified overseas m the kite Eighties is developing its first hotel, a five-star property m Australia's Queensland state. The family-controlled Goldhill Properties had been a leading private developer
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      77 1 THE BEST OF FRIENDS It's the TV sensation of the decade the uplifting, fast-moving, wise-cracking sitcom that follows the lives and loves of six glamorous twentysomethings m New York. But how did a show that was not expected to survive the first season become so popular? See Page Two. The
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        732 3 'Egypt can become a destination for golfers like Tunisia and Morocco. They will come for the sites and stay for the game.' Mr Ibrahim al-Dessuki, golf course developer EGYPTIAN entrepreneurs are greening the desert around Cairo and dreaming of putting the country
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        118 4 SEXUAL intrigue and humiliation in Ridicule, together with insect-scale passion and murder in Microcosmos, dominated the French Oscars at this weekend's Glitzy award ceremony. The French film industry handed its Cesar prize for Best Film in Paris on Saturday to Patrice Leconte's Ridicule, which tracks a
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        1223 5 'Hugh Grant became a marginalised curiosity m America because of the Divine Brown episode. People here are very fickle and it did change their perception for the worse/ Scriptwriter Bill Stadiem on Grant's encounter with prostitute Brown (left) TOWARDS the end of
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        329 5 APPRAISING her latest role as the sultry temptress m Samson And Delilah, one critic dismisses Elizabeth Hurley as "a sort of anaemic Jacqueline Bisset". Her tendency to "preen and leer" before the camera incites added derision. Scriptwriter Bill Stadiem says: "In Hollywood, careers have short lives,
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        492 5 IN TYPICAL Madonna style, the never-shy pop diva said she would be nominated for an Oscar. Now Hollywood will be watching to see if her brash prediction comes true. Apart from the buzz over whether the singer wins a stamp of approval as a bigscreen
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        587 6  -  Zhu Hong KOH SIEW TIN Temple Culture Translated by If today's businessman were to abide by the principle of not accepting ill-gotten gains, there would be fewer cases of cheating and criminal breach of trust. THE Caishen, or the God of Fortune,
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        520 12  -  TAN YI-LING In the name of Valentine's Day, producers of a comedy about relationships are offering rewards for true lovers AUDIENCES of Love Calls, a romantic comedy which opens tomorrow, may just find themselves "performing" on stage. The play, to be staged at Chijmes Hall
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      302 10 LOVE CALLS Chijmes Hall (formerly CHIJ), Victoria Street. Tomorrow Thu: 8 pm. Fri: 9 pm. Action Theatre presents Ovidia Yu's romantic comedy about a sentimental radio DJ, who plays cupid on and off the air for hdr old friend and a romantic stranger. Stars Sheila Wyatt, Karen Lim and Bruce
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      425 10 SINGAPORE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Victoria Concert Hall. Fri Sat: 8.15 pm. Lim Yau conducts a Valentine's Day Special of love themes, including Tchaikovsky's Romeo And Juliet: Fantasy Overture and Bernstein's West Side Story: Symphonic Dance. SSO concertmaster Alexander Souptel is the soloist. Tickets: $8, $13, $18, $25, $35 from Sistic. Student
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      378 10 GEOFF TODD Australian High Commission Atrium, 25 Napier Road. Till Fri: 8.30 am 4.45 pm. Display of 37 works by the Australian contemporary artist. Organised by the Australian High Commission. Free. ROBERT RAUSCHENBERG Wetterling Teo Gallery, 11 Kirn Yam Road. Till March 20. Mon Fri: 10 am 6 pm. Sat
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      927 4 426 Rooms For Rent TANAH MERAH MRT vicinity nice rm m Semi D. Peaceful, quiet environment. $450. 483-3576 Agt. TG. PAGAR. $600/ Spottiswoode Pk. $480. Tastefully furn. Many more convenient areas. *****85 VACANT 3 LARGE bdrms. With attached bath. Easy access to town/ Airport. *****837. V.T. RAJAN ft Mohandas *****15.
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      902 4 446 DO9-10 Orchard/ Tanglin/ Holland PTE APTS Sale D.IO MERA SAGA 3+l rms. lux ury condo. Holland Village. Good rental yield. Quiet environment. Only $1.53 M neg. *****780 NR D.09 LEONIE TOWERS. Blk. A. High fir. 4+l. 308 sq.m. Renovated. F'hold. Tel: *****92. JRR. D.09 PACIFIC MANSION. 1528 sq.ft. 3+l
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      392 4 492 HDB Apts For Sale (Ang Mo Kio) MLS PROP LINK PTE Ltd. wishes all clients a Prosperous New Year. Business will resume on 17/2/97. URGENT SALE! 4 NG' A.M. Kio. Blk. 418. High fir. Windy. Amenities. No contra. 9414-8804 agt. 3% CORNER BLK. 542. Unblock cd. High fir. Big
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      376 4 493 HDB Apts For Sale (Bedok/ Chai Chee) 4 "NG" BLK 93 Bedok N. High fir. Door to door. Marble. Amenities. Quiet. Pg: 9-*****07 Ginza. 5 T BEDOK Res. Blk. 101. With balcony. Low fir. F/renovated. Valuation $380 K. Pg. 9407-6781 TP. S-RM. BEDOK RES. Blk. 142. Well renovated. Split
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      536 4 497 HDB Apts For Sale (Bt Merah/ Q'town/ Telok Blangah) D.03 LENGKOK BAHRU 5 T rare selling! Renovated. Move-in. Unblocked/ MRT. *****609 ERA. PERFECT LOCATION. NEAR MRT/ mkt. etc. 3-rm. C'wealth Close blk. 85. Pg. 9-*****37. TANGLIN HALT 3-RM. Blk. 75. Well kept. Near market/ MRT/ amenities. SI69X. A&G 9-*****11
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      595 4 504 HDB Apts For Sale (Hougang/ Serangoon/ Yio Chu Kang) BEST RENOVATED 5 T Blk. 351. Hougang. High fir. Unblock. Can contra. Must see. *****802 WB D.19 HOUGANG MAISONETTE. Avenue 8, beautifully renovated. Price neg. Le Mach 9493-0233 LOW CASH! 5 "I' corner Hougang 527. High fir. 3 mins. future
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      337 5 D.09 ORCHARD TWRS. 852 sq.ft. Well carpeted/ partitions. Outside CBD. Patron 9404-6834 D.15 JOO CHIAT Rd. Newly renovated, 400 sq.ft. approx. Partitioned, aircon. $1350, *****03 RG D.25 MANDAI EST. Aircon. office cum prod. 3000 sq.ft. mcl. partition. GR *****82/ *****957. FURNISHED OFFICE. 1001 sq.ft. High St. Ctr. for rental/ sale.
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      624 5 537 Shop Space For Rent THE PLAZA 334/ 474/ 581/ 807 sq.ft. Beach Road, Outside CBL) Ample car parking facilities Suitable for home furnishing, designer showroom, telecommunication or electronic product, service centre and other retail trades etc. Call UOL *****33 dqttTks T. PAYOH CENTRAL Blk 190. 377 sq.ft. next to
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      364 5 556 Properties m Malaysia/ Batam JB CITY CONDOMINIUM for rent. Full facilities, fully furnished. Immed. avail. Contact owner, pg. 9607-0452. 558 Land LAND FOR SALE! D.lO VICTORIA VICINITY 30,800 sq.ft. D.IO SWETTENHAM VICINITY. 99,900 sq.ft. Elevated D.ll SWISS CLUB VICINITY. 33,430 sq.ft. F'hold. Price on application ENQUIRIES BY FAX ONLYI
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      276 5 573 Air Tickets TRAVELNET *****79 JAKARTA $140. Kul $168, Bangkok $280, Manila $335, Hong Kong $475, Sydney $625, Los Angeles $848, London $840. Malaysia Hotspots fr. $298, Bmtan $166, Lombok $539, Beijing $958 Cruises $164. TABO7. SPECIAL AIRFARES: $165 Jakarta, $470 Saigon, $595 Perth, $960 Honolulu, $865 London, $595 Hongkong,
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      248 5 I 573 Air Tickets AMBASSADOR TOURS/ CHEAPEST Air tickets, tours hotels. Kathmandu ticket $680. (9dm 7pm) Tel: *****56 (TA 550) BUDGET FARES from $140 -to Jakarta, Bangkok, HK, Taipei, Japan. Hotels can be arranged. Silk Travel. TA 923. Tel: 334-5332. CARE TOURS: *****60. We specialise m Worldwide Airticketing/ Hotels/ Tours.
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      550 6 575 Free Easy Travel PENANG FROM Si 00 per day, Langkawi from $117 per day, Kuching from $130 per day, Bali from $155 per day, New Zealand from $71 per day and many more. Call Times Express at *****20 for more information. TAOOOB. Member of Travelnet. 581 Tours Special promotion^
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      611 6 581 Tours 581 Tours hong Kong] 3 Nltea Hotel -Kowloon Side 1 Airport Hotel Transfer P M^ C,^* > Complimentary Half Day City Tour t) wj T_~J Daily Dep r 3 pay. HATYAI $^2*3& 4DBANGKOK/PATTAYA $*****0 MEDAN/ $328 P3O PHUKET $408 lAKETOBA Uhatyai/koSamui $358^JJJ Java |3fS f»HATYAI/PHUKET $538 J MANILA
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      443 6 EXPERIENCED HR EXECS. (Degree/ Chinese preferred/ age 25-35). Shenton. $4K. Liz *****18. OPERATION EXEC. FEMALE. 35 yrs. below. Upto $3000. 5 days. American Co. *****20 Synthesis. SALES MGR. WTC. Basic $1.8K52 2K. Degree. Sales experience m Macintosh/ PC. *****14 Rebecca 609 Engineering Positions APPLICATION/ SALES ENGINEERS. Diploma m Electronics/ Electrical/
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      1181 6 606 Professional/ 606 Professional/ 606 Professional/ 606 Professional/ Executive Positions Executive Positions Executive Positions Executive Positions i £3 Your IT Recruitment Partner Our clients, the world's leader m the IT/Banking industry is looking for high-calibre professionals with the right combination of talent and commitment to fill the following positions Project
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      1400 6 630 Sales Positions 630 Sales Positions I 630 Sales Positions YOU* PERSONAL STOMC I U/&tSOn one of Asia's most progressive retailers m beauty and health I I care products with 43 outlets m Singapore is seeking hard working and I I enthusiastic indviduals to join its operations as I TRAINEE
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      785 7 642 Hotel/ Restaurant/ 642 Hotel/ Restaurant/ 642 Hotel/ Restaurant/ 642 Hotel/ Restaurant/ Lounge Positions Lounge Positions Lounge Positions Lounge Positions P^ Reach for the sky with us. Forsins a/7ead w/t/7 OUR VISION 2000 WL I We, at Westin, are determined to be the undisputed hotel of choice m the YEAR
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      442 7 NEOPHARAOHS EXPERIENCED FULL or Part-time Bartenders, Barmaids Waitresses needed. Walk-in interview on 11th 12th Feb. from Ipm 4pm at 56 Cairnhill Road. Tel: *****98. HONGKONG/ CHINESE LOCAL Chefs required for Cyprus with good experience must be able to speak English weil. Call Directions 336-4995 (C3679-01F). IVINS REQUIRES FOR its new
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      408 7 642 Hotel/ Restaurant/ 642 Hotel/ Restaurant/ Lounge Positions Lounge Positions is looking for: I I Please walk-in for an interview at I PERSONNEL DEPARTMENT f 19 Cairnhill Circle Spore *****8 Tel: 734 6622 V WAITERS/ WAITRESSES 2) CASHIER 3) COOKS/ COMMIS COOKS 4) DISHWASHER 5) ADMINISTRATIVE ASST. I At least
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      1181 7 648 Administrative/ 648 Administrative/ 648 Administrative/ 648 Administrative/ Clerical Positions Clerical Positions Clerical Positions Clerical Positions SIA TAKES YOUR CAREER TO EXCITING PLACES. As a member of the world's foremost airline, you will enjoy training, benefits and facilities that are exclusive to SIA. We have vacancies for the positions of:
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      223 7 Law Firm Requires No experience required Typing skills PC knowledge Winword, WPS Interested, please walk-in: 111 North Bridge Rd #22-01 Peninsula Plaza Singapore *****8 CHINESE NEW YEAR SPECIALS! I 5-DAY WEEK 1. ACCOUNTS ASST. BEACH RD/ PAYA LEBAR (Alternate Sat.) $1.4K-SI.SK 2. ADMIN ASST. PAYA LEBAR/ KALLANG $1.2K-SI.3K PASIR PANJANG
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      934 8 648 Administrative/ 648 Administrative/ 648 Administrative/ Clerical Positions Clerical Positions Clerical Positions At OUB, our vision is to become a premier consumer bank. Our philosophy is to bring out the best m each individual who is keen m making banking a career. If you are looking for a challenging and
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      717 8 648 Administrative/ 648 Administrative/ Clerical Positions Clerical Positions «MP/COMTRACT/PlEßjyr 1 (Annual Medical l«qy BonuslH) RECEPTIONISTS IT PERSONNEL OFFICERS Pleasant and speaks well. Simple Min 'O' level/NCC Dip with or admin duties. Knowledge of MS- withoutworkingexp. Interested Office adv. 5-day week. Good m meeting people. salary offer MARKITINfi EXECUTIVES ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICERS
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      745 8 648 Administrative/ 648 Administrative/ Clerical Positions Clerical Positions An established I ATA Travel Agency invites you to join as... O Male/Female fl GCE 'O/N' level O Experience not necessary O Willing to learn H Bilingual m English Mandarin Interested applicants please CALL Melissa is 338 6477 or WALK-IN at 1
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      507 8 651 Secretary/ Personal Assistant Positions Established Trading Co. located m Orchard Road requires SECRETARY cum ADMIN ASSISTANT Good command of English is very essential Computer literate Preferably knowledge of Mandarin or Dialects 5 day week Commencing salary will depend on experience and qualifications Please call for interview at Tel 737-8438
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      927 8 651 Secretary/ Personal 651 Secretary/ Personal Assistant Positions Assistant Positions COMPANY SECRETARY Proficient m English and Mandarin Conversant m Cantonese Secretarial Certificate Computer Literate (MS-Office) Familiar with Companies Act a plus Interested applicants, please send detailed resume, current and expected salary, contact number, and recent photograph to: Executive Director, Jianlibao
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      573 8 663 Warehousing/ Inventory Positions If you or*: •Ana below 40 •Pnvsirolly fit hardworking •Al leost 1-2 yeors' driving experience (Yon/Lorry) •Able to start work immediately or ot short notice We offer: •Good Starting bosk salary •Monthly Delivery Incentive 5 day work week (B.ooam 5.30pm) WALK IN FOR AN INTERVIEW AT:
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      1500 9 «54 Technica.Po.iti,nT 654 Techn.al Pos,t,on7 654 T,chnica. P,.ition7 654 Technic. H*bZ 654 Technical Po.ition, 654 Technica. Position. 654 Techmc. Pcfc, 3 Begin A Progressive Career With ATV. mm ik at Asahi Techno Vision and you'll see what we mean. Not only are we one Attractive Benefits Include: of thf bloart
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      335 9 657 Production 657 Production Positions Positions Urgently requires Age below 40 years Permanent working hours Bam 7.30pm or Bpm-7.30am Willing to work overtime 5 day week Gross salary $1100 exclude overtime Addition $12 for night shift allowance Mm. 1 to 2 years experience m leadership s are~~^\ Interested applicants please
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      783 9 683 Part-Time/ Temporary Positions If you have some spare time and\ I would like to convert it into cash j I conw*n<MOfthtM^i^^^\ I Monday-Sunday (Except Thursday) Pleasant voice speak well Flexible working hours Ban up to *****/ month part time We offer complete salary packagt CPFand other bonuses. Interested applicants
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      573 10 683 Part-Time/ 683 Part-Time/ 883 Part-Time/ Temporary Positions Temporary Positions Temporary Positions t Multi-National Company m Shenton Way (h O area seeks with the following prerequisites: V Q Minimum "A' levels (preferably m Arts/ Literature stream) or JC students k currently waiting for results f\ Good voice (ft f) Good
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      566 10 689 Other Positions fAMNC Company urgently requires J WE OFFER: Monthly Inc of $2000-$3500 5-Day week Good career advancement prospect /y*\ *****16 ext 104 I{U1 U ANNA/JULIAN, Caltex Service Station at No. SSS Uppar Thomson Rd. requires: 1. CASHIER 2. PUMP ATTENDANT Interested applicants, Pg. 9571-0139 (Mr. Lori) CUST-SER CO-ORDINATOR
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      418 10 703 Academic Courses 703 Academic Courses FULLTIME CLASSES COMMENCING N5 Deferment/Student Passes can be arranged. CLIFFORD GUARANTEES y?y. w c .[S c 5.??: ijm BBsHsflKt^Bi^aLaWMJiß&BjlkßßS^t^saßWaJH KaMi^^^at^aL^Aw^B I'N'&'O'LEVEiJ Course commencing I inFEB/MARI997. J (Preparing for GCE 'N' 'o' j t Level 1997 Exams) 0 'N.S. deferment student t pass can be
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      549 10 709 Commercial Courses FULL TIME LCCI Dip. m Accounting. Preparing for Dec. '97 Exam. NS Deferment Student Pass can be arranged. Call: *****78 for more details. PRACTICAL BOOK-KEEPING. 6 weeks intensive course to enable you to understand the main issues m keeping proper set of books. Call Chartwell at *****16
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      716 10 712 Computer Coursei j 712 Computer Courses j 712 Computer Courses Mimum SPECIAL SKILLS TRAINING S» WITH THE AUTHORISED TRAINER. I AutoCAD Level I Dhoby Ghaut Feb 12 -Feb 15 Wed -Sat 9.00 a- 5.00pm Funan Feb 24 -Feb 2B Mon-Fri 9.00 a- 5.00pm riSSOajiztS JurongEast Feb 22 -Apr 12
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      470 10 759 Design Courses j 759 Design Courses__ I (B) nn LASALLE 1 INTERNATIONAL J 31st enro^ggyyjHH starts! V'«/ll our Bui career consultants Iy2j3K2M»2j¥i»£jS for ■.lIIWII I ESHB 2 RafflttUßt #01-02/03 Marinßaitraat^ 779 Music Courses Eastman Music School has been conducting highly successful music classes for children for the past 10
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        237 12 850 Deaths 850 Deaths 850 Deaths TAN SOON TIENG Age: 83 passed away peacefully on 10-2-97 leaving behind all loved ones. (Husband: Lee Hock Chiu, deceased) Sons: Daughters-in-law: Lee Seng Ghim Mary Yeo Lee Seng Wah Lee Seng Kwang, Albert Annie Kok Daughters: Sons-in-law: Lee Lee Hua Yeo Ser Sin
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        852 Acknowledgements 852 Acknowledgements
        239 12 852 Acknowledgements 852 Acknowledgements The Family of the Late LEE AH NAM Departed 3 Feb 97 wish to express their heartfelt thanks and appreciation to Drs Francis Lee (formerly), Alan Ng of TTSH, the late Dr Wang Tiak Lim of NUH, Dr Yang Tuck Loong of SGH, doctors nurses of
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        854 Condolences 854 Condolences 854 Condolences 854 Condolences
        117 12 854 Condolences 854 Condolences 854 Condolences 854 Condolences With Deepest Sympathy Heartfelt Condolences to The chairman of IPS Group of Companies MR. DANIEL CHAN FAMILY on the demise of his beloved mother WONG YUK LOY ANNIE Departed on 7/2/97 From: The Directors, Management Staff of ANDA INSURANCE GROUP OF COMPANIES
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        82 12 856 In Memoriam 856 In Memoriam Ist Anniversary In Everloving memory of Mdm Sidambaram Letchimi wife of Mr V Jaganathan Departed 11/2/96 In our home she is fondly remembered. Sweet memories cling to her name. Those who loved her m life sincerely, Still love her m death just the same.
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        55 12 THALAI THEVASAM Ist Anniversary In loving memory of PONNIAH RETANAM (MANI) Departed 25.1. 1996 Always remembered by: Wife: Nalini Daughter: R Sunthari Son: R. Gunaseelan Prayers will be held on 11.2.1997 from 10am. 11am. at Blk 339 Übi Aye.l #01-877 Spore *****9. Tel: 742 9161. Kindly treat
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        49 12 2nd Anniversary In Loving Memory of DAVID MANICKAM Departed: 11.2.1995 2 years have passed away Deep in our hearts you will always stay Your memory never fades away And will always be remembered in every way Dearly misted by: Wife: Mary Vimala Sont: Judian and Justin
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        257 12 3rd Anniversary In Ever Loving Memory of Our Loving Father M.VELAITHAM THEVAR Departed: 17 Feb 94 "Your presence is ever near us Your Love remains with us yet You were the kind of Father Your loved ones will never forget." Dearly missed and always remembered by Beloved
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